Background Light The Exchange Rates API is a developer-friendly data service providing official Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) exchange rate data through clean, modern REST API endpoints. We transform publicly available RBA data (currently only accessible via HTML/RSS) into instant JSON responses.

Official RBA Data

Direct from the Reserve Bank of Australia, updated daily

Simple REST API

Clean JSON responses with comprehensive error handling

Historical Data

Complete history from 2018 onwards with 30,000+ data points

Free Tier

300 requests per month on the free plan, no credit card required

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Why Exchange Rates API?

The Reserve Bank of Australia publishes official exchange rates daily for free, but only provides this data in:
  • HTML tables requiring web scraping
  • RSS/XML feeds with complex RDF namespaces
  • Excel files for historical data
Australian businesses need this official RBA data for:
  • Tax compliance and ATO reporting
  • Invoice calculations for imports/exports
  • Financial reporting and auditing
  • E-commerce currency conversion
  • Accounting software integrations
All data is sourced from the Reserve Bank of Australia. We are not affiliated with or endorsed by the RBA.

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Supported Currencies

We support all currencies published by the RBA:

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Quick Example

curl https://api.exchangeratesapi.com.au/latest \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer your_api_key_here"

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Response Format

{
  "success": true,
  "timestamp": 1725080400,
  "base": "AUD",
  "date": "2025-08-31",
  "rates": {
    "USD": 0.643512,
    "EUR": 0.562934,
    "GBP": 0.487421,
    "JPY": 96.832100,
    "NZD": 1.094200,
    "TWI": 60.500000
  }
}

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